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Recent Examples of sheath knifeKeep folding knives closed or sheath knives when not in use.—Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020
The speaker that February night was Cassius Marcellus Clay, a bold and brawling Kentucky abolitionist, equally skilled with a stump speech and a bowie knife.
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Jon Grinspan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2024
There’s a reason bowie knives were developed to be fighting knives.
Misdemeanor carry concealed dirk or dagger, 3000 block Ocean Front Walk, 1:18 p.m.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
Justin Champagnie hit a 3-pointer, the Heat had a backcourt violation and then Carrington ruined Jaime Jaquez Jr.’s 40-point game by dropping this dagger on him.
For the occasion, the office of the local governor had prepared an elaborate ceremony, with a military band and an honor guard standing at attention, the bayonets of their rifles glinting in the sun.
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Simon Shuster,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
Striking miners were astonished to discover soldiers from the U.S. Army disembarking from train cars, their bayonets glittering in the frosty air.
Investigators were also not immediately aware of how Taylor was able to board the airplane with a knife, though Williams acknowledged that the country's smaller airstrips lacked security to fully search passengers.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Authorities were called to a residence there, near Harrison Avenue and West Bridger Street, the evening of April 5 to investigate a report of a physical disturbance involving a person with a knife.
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Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
So our list of regenerative agricultural practices that are suitable for the coffee sector are, for instance, to cut the arms with the scissor and not with the machete.
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Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
The brother grabbed a machete and engaged his father, who’s accused of stabbing him during the fight, prosecutors said.
The employee said the women attacked him with a stiletto shoe, according to KTRK.
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Jennifer Rodriguez,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2025
For a few hours a day at low tide, architects, teachers, students, police officers, builders, bakers and dog walkers across London swap their stilettos, sneakers and brogues for rubber boots.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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